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Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 18:25:28 +0200
From: Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.cx>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Debugging kernel data
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On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 11:42:18AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 April 2000 at 13:20:50 +0200, Mark Huizer wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm trying to debug a kernel that is not crashing but hanging, with all
> > processes in 'inode' wchan. So I did a 'call panic()', and now I have
> > the crashdump, but is there a way to get to the data structures of the
> > kernel???
> 
> Sure.  What are you looking for?  Have you read the section on kernel
> debugging in the handbook?
> 
Yep, done that kind of stuff before, but never on non-crashing kernels
:-( Problem is I want to get at the stacks of various running processes,
and the syscalls they are making.
I started using the vinum gdb macros, which got me  a bit further,
though not yet enough, I'm afraid.

Mark
-- 
Nice testing in little China...


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